Note: I have about 80 books on my e-book reader -
46 of these I have not yet read.
Dave's Journal, Apr2022
Note: I have about 80 books on my e-book reader -
46 of these I have not yet read.
This is much more a 30's melodrama than it is a "horror" movie. Taken as that, it is a very pleasant film. Sort of a British gentleman's "proper" horror film.
And you will remember Valerie Hobson as Dr. Frankenstein's wife in The Bride of Frankenstein.
This month there will be a run of vintage (1940s) Wolfman / Werewolf movies on TV. I have most of these on DVD and have enjoyed watching them many times over, since I was a kid. Started out in the late 1950s watching Shock Theater every Friday night, with cousins Gus and Yani. (I even remember the program's musical background - Mussorsky's "Night on Bald Mountain".)
With the benefit of hindsight, and in comparison to modern horror movies, the scary movies of 1930s, 40s and mid 50s were sedate, melodramatic, somewhat romantic and "adult" in that they left a lot for your imagination to fill in. No exploding eyeballs, people on fire, no on-screen mutilations of the innocents, etc etc. "Fade-to-black" was a well-practiced technique, when the violence got too nasty to put on screen.
And, in retrospect, I am fine with that, in fact I am more than fine with that. Which explains why I watch the "classics" when I watch scary movies.
For certain, there are modern films that are genuinely scary without being gory / disgusting, but they are few and far between, after about 1960 or so. (The Haunting is the first one that comes to mind at the moment.)
Anyway, that's my take on scary movies, then and now.
Tonight, Svengoolie (real name is Rich Koz and he's really a wealth of classic movie information) will be showing The Wolf Man (1941)....
Sally Ann (Leo) Lefebvre sadly fell asleep in death at home in Dover, Delaware, on April 10, 2022, at the age of 68. Sally was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 16, 1953, to the late Salvatore and Ann Leo, the third of their four children and first daughter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth, and her brother, Robert "Bobby" (Ramona) Leo. She is survived by her brother David (Deborah) Leo, and sister Theresa "Terie" Leo. Sally is also survived by 10 nieces and nephews as well as many great nieces and nephews, cousins, and friends.
Sally was many things to many people - daughter, sister, friend, colleague - but it seems the role she was most proud of was that of a loving and generous aunt. One niece said, "Though it seems everyone has an 'Aunt Sally', there was no 'Aunt Sally' like our Aunt Sally. She was the best aunt." Sally was always happy to spend time with her nieces and nephews and wished they all lived closer to her. She truly loved being an aunt and loved all her nieces and nephews dearly.
